According to experts, spider's silk is one of the strongest natural materials of the world. The material becomes tougher when infused with graphene or carbon nanotubes, and creates silk which might have superior characteristics.

According to researchers, graphene is a super material with several remarkable uses and is one of the toughest artificial materials. In spite of the ease of destroying a pesky cobweb, spider silk is in fact one of the strongest natural substances in the world.

The researchers decided to combine the two substances. For experiment, Professor Nicola Pugno of University of Trento, Italy and his team required some eight-legged participants. So, for this, the researchers captured five spiders from the Pholcidae family and sprayed them with a mixture of water and graphene particles ranging from 200 to 300 nanometers wide.

According to the researchers, they also sprayed another 10 spiders with carbon nanotubes and water, so that they can compare the effects of the two materials. The strength of some of the silk decreased and much of it became stronger. The spiders sprayed with carbon nanotubes produced the toughest silk. It has been found that some produced silk around 3.5 times stronger than the best natural silk.

The researchers said that the upper-strength capacity of the webs that the spiders created was the highest reported so far, even also when compared to the current knotted fibers. Pugno said there is a possibility that this concept might become a way to obtain materials with superior characteristics. According to the researchers, their method might be extended to other animals and plants.